Today we took two tours on Charleston's Finest Historic Tours, Inc. First, we covered the historic downtown area that is filled with homes and buildings, some that date back to the 1700's. Our guide gave us lots of interesting facts regarding the history of many of the homes including recent sales.
Our second tour was out to the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. This antebellum plantation is one of the few that still exist along the Ashley River. None are true working plantations; they are tourist facilities. Magnolia's primary claim to fame is the gardens, the oldest public gardens in the country. An intermittent light rain kept us from enjoying it fully, but it was a very beautiful and interesting. We saw a number of alligators and waterfowl in and around ponds, plus a variety of animals in a petting zoo.
Charleston had a lot of Haloween decorations, including one we decided to share with you.
We decided to put Charleston on our list of cities we would like to visit again.
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